The danger here is that the emergent political dimensions will undermine the prospects of economic recovery. India finds itself between the rock and a hard place in its approach to the Sri Lankan crisis. There is no question that the...
May 4, 2022
Ex-hubby allegedly kills Sri Lankan Phd student from NZ
A Sri Lankan Ph.D. student Apsara Wimalasiri was recently allegedly killed by her ex-husband in Weliweriya, while she was on...
April 14, 2022
What’s happening in Sri Lanka and how did the economic crisis start?
The island nation of Sri Lanka is in the midst of one of the worst economic crises it’s ever seen....
March 28, 2022
Indian Foreign Minister in Sri Lanka amid worst ever economic crisis & massive protests
MELBOURNE, 28 March 2022: As Sri Lanka grapples with its worst-ever economic crisis, India’s Minister for External Affairs Dr. S....
January 24, 2022
Sri Lanka nears complete economic meltdown as food shortage worsens
After its foreign currency reserves dropped to USD 1.6 billion in November last year, Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has snowballed...
March 30, 2021
Sri Lanka: Bans on burqas, cremations and Islamic schools spark fear
By Tanika Godbole, New Delhi Sri Lanka has proposed a series of policies that rights activists say target the country’s...
March 24, 2021
UNHRC passes rights resolution on Sri Lanka; China, Pakistan, Russia oppose, India, Nepal abstain
By SAT News Desk MELBOURNE, 23 March 2021: In a landmark resolution the 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)...
January 12, 2021
Family of slain Sri Lankan journalist in search for justice
Photo-CJA Twelve years after Lasantha Wickrematunge was brutally killed in broad daylight in Colombo by unidentified gunmen allegedly associated with...
June 19, 2020
Sri Lankan authorities seize reporter Dharisha Bastians’ laptop in home raid
Photo- Sri Lanka Breaking News New York, June 18, 2020 – Sri Lankan authorities should immediately return journalist Dharisha Bastians’...
February 16, 2017
Joint statement by the PM’s of Australia & Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka PM at the Melbourne Airport. Statement issued on February 15, 2017 Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of the...